Exploring Every Homeless Camp In Sacramento

[@NickJohnson]

Here's the rest of my California Road Trip playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yoGM0mmbTCTmMa9zMFvvDeG

[@royramey5659]

What is it you want to show me?

[@novaambience]

...That one day, the population would divide the face of their reality all on one vertice I have a feeling that they'd do better with education since harsher climates require a ton of tenacity, They seem more divided than abandoned like the East cost or America.

[@ciclurieconomice8494]

Gold vs. the Case-Shiller Home Price Index Gold vs. Home Prices

[@juanedoses8715]

Hey Nick! you should watch a few of my videos! it's in my backyard! I think you're work is awesome!

[@juanedoses8715]

@@royramey5659 so what's you're drug of choice!

[@knucklehoagies]

I moved to CA back in 2016 and lived in Sacramento. Growing up in a rural east coast town, I was fooled by the media's portrayal of CA hence why I moved out there. It was one of the biggest events of disillusionment I have ever experienced in my life. California does have some beautiful places but the state is extremely overrated and full of problems. Californians have this weird stockholm syndrome like mindset where everyone just turns a blind eye to the problems and tries to pretend that it's not as bad as it seems. Needless to say, I got out of there and went back to my homestate last year. I feel like I caught the last chopper out of saigon.

[@weaksause6878]

This. I grew up in Sac Town. Friends still there want to argue with me that the state isn't a dumpster fire. "But national parks and growing produce." Okay buddy, keep on ignoring those homeless on your front lawn. As a natural enthusiasts, i concur that the region has some of the most spectacular geography in the world but that doesn’t change the levels of corruption in the government.

[@donguess4332]

I've heard people call California the land of fruits and nuts. The INSANE gender ideology they are embracing is going to make it quite the freak show. The insanity in California has no limits.

[@donguess4332]

@Sam Nishimoto Yes absolutely. I've heard there are still some good areas in California. I sincerely hope those good areas aren't ruined like the major cities such as Los Angeles.

[@Matp345]

I'm on the East Coast as well. The way movies and TV portrayed California Was always like a larger than life place. I toyed with the idea of moving out there years ago just because of the car culture and the weather. Thank God I never made that move.

[@birdlynn417]

Well, that Stockholm syndrome is what the LEFT and Democrats Do. I wish people would smarten up and not vote BLUE anymore.

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

They lock up the deodorant here but not the criminals! Comedy gold from tragedy! Great video!

[@dankelly5150]

But hey California, keep voting Democrat ! It’s working so well !! 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

[@flubidy]

Mappy exercising his comedic chops! Keeping Nick on his toes too!

[@mariar2651]

They lock law abiding citizens in their homes for years, they are China.

[@blackdiamond696]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@blackdiamond696]

​@dankelly5150 I live in Mississippi. A Republican state, and it's no better here 😮

[@Mercifulkingdom]

California needs a huge wake up call

[@jackburton4892]

What can they do when even the poll workers themselves are corrupt?

[@carrollrhodes4050]

@@jackburton4892 You are not the first to point this out. However point to a conviction or even an arrest of a poll worker whose action resulted in the change of the election result.

[@birdlynn417]

It needs a re-haul. We keep trying to vote RED, but the numbskulls keep voting blue over and over again.

[@budgetking2591]

@@birdlynn417 lol

[@dr.romeoconfidential9271]

@@birdlynn417 we our awake ✊🏾 We are the freest state in the nation with women and other rights Coexist ✊🏾💙🙏☮️🌎

[@Sek101]

Holy smokes, Sacramento too? It feels like our country is collapsing in slow motion when seeing scenes like this.

[@JohnDoe-mt7ws]

I am resident of Seattle and the crazy thing is I used to be left-of-center but the kind of leftism being preached and practiced here (and California) has moved me firmly to the right. And I am not alone. The circle of friends I hang around are were all solid Democrats (many of them are immigrants) who are now shocked at what's going on. Just today, I was at a party where one attendee told us that when he went to his car parked in front of his house, he saw a homeless guy chilling inside his car smoking "something". Upon seeing the car owner, he ran away. Apart from the car being a mess, a few items were missing. He went to file police report but officer declined to do anything because the value of stolen items was less than $900 and theft of $900 was legal. But it was not the monetary value my friend was concerned about. It was feeling of losing the sense of safety concern for himself and his family given that elected of officials no longer care about public safety. This is the brand of progressivism we are facing. Needless to say, my friend vowed to vote out current city officials in the next election even it meant electing a Republican.

[@wetguavass]

USA left is not a true left.

[@tk848]

I'm born and raised in Sacramento and I used to think I was so lucky to have grown up there and never wanted to live anywhere else. Then about 20 years ago I started to really notice the changes. More crime, crazy traffic, higher prices. Then the problems got worse and worse and happened faster and faster. I moved to Arizona 4 years ago and have never regretted leaving. It's just mind-boggling to see these once nice neighborhoods turning to garbage dumps.

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

It is still nice in Folsom and El Dorado Hills.

[@mengvang2696]

It's moving fast like a roller coaster. Give it some time and it'll reach there

[@nicolestewart6984]

They allow bad to mix with good, making half those who just want to make it, landlords in Iowa are real low brawl if you know what I mean

[@tk848]

@@trevorthetherapist4200 yes but very expensive

[@ALuDoy]

The Grand Canyon State is great and beautiful. You made the right ✅ decision. 🇺🇸

[@yh-yd8ku]

I am a Japanese living in Tokyo. As you know, there are many homeless people in Tokyo. I understand that it is not something that people from other countries should complain about. What is strange, however, is that among the things in the tents and trailer houses, there is an American flag. It is easy to dismiss this situation with the words "self-responsibility," but whether they display the flag out of irony, loyalty, or patriotism, I do not know the answer, but it is certainly one of their most prized possessions, and I feel that the flag makes it seem even more tragic.

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

That is a good question about the flag. I will ask them

[@weareorigin]

Some are military veterans with mental issues. They are waiting for help.

[@beavisjones1831]

@@weareoriginyup thats they way the vets who risked their life are treated by our government

[@beavisjones1831]

@@SeanD808 they turn them in to sushi its a delicacy over there

[@knucklehoagies]

Flag worshipping is common in the US.

[@xd9sc1]

"good people are leaving, and lots of bad people are coming"....I'd say the state is getting exactly what it deserves. Bad policies make for bad living conditions and the residents of California keep voting for the same thing over and over. Good luck.

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

Well said.

[@frankpesco7723]

Everyone I know that has left California are FOX news watchers and Trumpster's- MAGA's. Which is fine by me, get out the hate!! Many homeless are funneled and bussed into California. Can't be homeless in the snow, bro! Our economy is rocking in California we need workers. Banks are behind people not being able to afford even rent and jacking up property prices!

[@royramey5659]

Maybe were not voting them in

[@michaelasay8587]

Trash Biden!! Dems!!!

[@trentdawg2832]

Voting doesnt work…….you see what happened in 2020 and what just happened in arizona……were dealing with career criminals in suits!!!!

[@MrsUFCer]

I live just north of Sacramento. My doctor is in Downtown Sacramento. It's so heartbreaking to see so many on the street. I have a friend like a sister that I've known since 1983. We met in the Sacramento Children's home. Now she is living in a cluster of bike parts and junk. I invited her over to my house but, she didn't want to leave her precious junk. I bring her clothes, boots, food and batteries. Trying to help her.The rats are huge and it's so cold. I worry about her but, I don't think she understands how dire her life is. I never thought she would end up on the streets. I want to leave California in a couple of years. It's never been like this in Sacramento. I hate the way it's become.

[@NickJohnson]

😢

[@total2199]

My office is in Sacramento since 2004. What this city is turned out to be, is beyond imagination. And it is happening all over the Bay Area. Stop sending money abroad, help our people! Enough is enough.!

[@dr5910]

Most people who live in California don't care, accept what's going on, get used to it, ignore it. The small minority of middle class are fleeing. Most people outside of California are outraged by these conditions but not Californians. This is the reality of Liberalism. I live in California and want to leave but it's expensive to move.

[@desireedesenna9673]

I feel you. Most people that can help change California, don't care. It's a shame. We need to gather and work together and figure out how to deal with this. I also think that California is paying for other states expenses. FasTrack is a rip off. The bridge tolls are b.s. it's a 3 rd world country. And those that live in this state who make good money. Don't care because they're comfortable where they are. And they have no empathy. I would like to move as well, and like what you said it's expensive to move.

[@Jack-goff]

People can’t afford to care they have to put all their time and effort to being able to pay their bills, not to mention trying to eat healthy and stay in shape, have a family and some sort of social life.

[@ItsJustKnivess]

@@Jack-goff what a morally ambiguous comment. If you can’t afford to care then why even engage in this conversation?

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Sell everything,hop a bus to Arizona. Just leave your politics at the stateline.

[@knucklehoagies]

I feel you. I tried living in CA years ago and was absolutely shocked at how blind everyone is to the problems there. People are largely uneducated about everything. There seems to be this culture of "let someone else deal with it."

[@SOLDOZER]

Starting a non profit and making money from enabling homeless is now a career path in California.

[@carold987]

Washington state too

[@princessmarlena1359]

Many states in the USA.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

Oregon is catching up.

[@alonsolaw8380]

Their is money to be made😂😂😂😂

[@windowbreezes]

I love the Public Access Channel feel of your videos. Nostalgic and great. Thank you for making your KZbin channel essential.

[@californiaglo9666]

I have been living here for 20 years. Part of the problem is that homeless people are moving here from other places. Well presented video.

[@MrSloika]

Because the weather is nice most of the time. I live in New Jersey just outside of NYC. I don't see homelessness to this extent. It's because it's impossible to live rough year round here. The week before Christmas the temps dropped to zero at night. It's also not new that the homeless are rolling into states with mild weather. I have a friend who lived in Michigan back in 70s until his father lost his auto job, could not find another job and moved the family to Florida. When my friend asked his father why they were moving to Florida his father replied, "Because we're poor." My friend asked if they'd be just as poor in Florida his father replied, "Probably, but where would you rather be poor this January? Florida or Michigan?"

[@zLigHt44]

That's right, with the nice weather people come from all over, never ends,of course this winter is not a mild one.This can't go on forever, this group of people, politicians included,are so unworthy and blinded by Satan to act and live like the world just started the day they were born is sick minded,I want to outlive them so I can see California like it once was.

[@MrSloika]

@@zLigHt44 See California how it once was? You mean like it was in the 1930s when all the Oakies showed up? The poor and hopeless have been coming to California in waves for decades. What's happening now is not new.

[@zLigHt44]

@@MrSloika I'm talking crime and trash, and disregard for the law.

[@rickrudnick4108]

@@MrSloika You wrong

[@rayw3294]

The Congo is crying out for more children to help mine for cobalt. For batteries. Can California please send 100,000. The minimum age requirement is 4.

[@pandarush.]

I'm 1 minute in to your video and absolutely enjoy your commentary ❤️ You're so honest.

[@kennymccannYT]

Commentary was spot on

[@pandarush.]

@kennymccannYT Especially the fact that was brought up....deodorant is locked up on store shelves but criminals aren't locked up!

[@davidstaudohar6733]

I'm a former California resident that lived in San Diego, San Francisco, Stockton, Daly City, my last address was in Brisbane, but my favorite part of the state is up north around Paradise and through the lush Napa valley, the land is Paradise but it's full of fruits nuts and flakes ‼️

[@crazyralph6386]

Yep, at least he’s being honest, which most people in that state arent.

[@aaronmcconkey1062]

​@@crazyralph6386honest in the way that he's talking to a mirror when he posts videos. Red states are just as junk.

[@Watchoutforsnakez]

I just left Southern California where I lived for 54 years, for N. Georgia. I was trying to figure out why my modest Georgia neighborhood has ZERO homeless when a basically identical hood in Riverside Ca. was loaded with it. I have concluded it is in large part because back here housing is super affordable. Even a druggie with no money can squeak by here because there are a ton of houses that have a lower level that is made into a couple of apartments. All hoses on all sides of me have little apartments in the lower level. Plus the mobile home parks here can exist as cheap, junky trailer parks. In California there are almost no houses with apartments in them and Mobile home parks are usually pretty decent because they make $. Even “trailer parks” are EXPENSIVE there. Also, the food bank situation here is epic. Free food is not hard to find. You can squeak by out of the reach of homelessness here. Lastly, because there are SO many Mexicans willing to live together in one house, they come up with the dough to buy or rent in So cal. Keeping the prices high. I love it here in the South East. . No graffiti, homelessness, clean air, water, trees. I love your channel Nick. You are so funny.

[@NickJohnson]

I love it here too

[@eamonnmckeown6770]

almost never touched upon is the influx of central american immigrants and their effect on local economies. I am an immigrant too. But I was priced out of a neighborhood near work partly because many of the affordable apartments were packed full of Latinos - the office for my building was run by latinos. Coinkeydink much? lol. The older retired and working class blacks were the worst affected as rents went up year after year - even with rent control. I remember reading about lawsuits in California brought by black Americans because of Spanish speaking discrimination. And finally as a waiter it was the worst. We used to have only a couple of bussers, all male, who worked their butts off to make us money because it made them money too. They built houses in their home countries it was that good. Now there are as many bussers as waiters if not more and almost 50% of the tip goes to the busser crew. Sometimes more if based on percentage of sales and not actual tips - terrible idea. And because there's a gaggle rather than one or two there's more socializing than bussing. I got out pre-pandemic from the waiting side and so glad I did. It has been the worst of two worlds this past twenty years. Rents soaring due to immigration and apartment/rental house packing and wages being depressed by immigration. The bosses and landlords are the worst people in society and I'm no Marxist by a long shot.

[@HardPass]

@@omi_god also supply/demand. immigrants do increase demand and california hypocrite NIMBYs decrease supply.

[@JuanRodriguez-gu6pj]

​@@omi_god: If the millions of illegal immigrants were not here in California then millions of apartments and homes would become available for people here legally. THAT'S when the law of supply and demand would kick in to a great extent. Landlords and house sellers would have to lower prices in order to compete for the lower numbers of people needing shelter. Then people here legally can better afford the housing.

[@peteranon8455]

@@omi_god Supply and demand certainly exists, so arguing that it doesn't certainly discredits your argument (1.6 million people disappearing from a population of 39 million would most certainly make housing prices go down... and severely undercut several industries). I think your better argument wouldn't be to "blame the landlords" and essentially restrict residential houses to only be owned by the primary resident (thereby eliminating foreign investors, corporations, etc)... or perhaps I'm being obtuse and missing the whole point of a housing market.

[@supersteve8305]

Great series. Unfortunately, I don't see California getting any better with the current party leadership. I grew up as a young child in North Highlands and made many trips back from Ohio to visit my dad in Citrus Heights. I learned to ski on Folsom lake. Great memories of a better time for California. Sad to see the destruction.

[@sandienochs6132]

I was born in L.A. in 1949, and grew up there. It was a great place to live. Skid row was small and inhabited by old broken men. We called them winos back then but that’s probably not polite these days. I watched as more and more out of state, down and outers moved in. It got so bad we had to move out of the state. That was about ten years ago and the wife and I are glad we moved. Best of luck to us all, from Portugal.

[@princessmarlena1359]

The state became a human junkyard. Other states (and nations) dumped their worst on California, or the worst from those places came out to California and ruined it. According to my elderly former neighbor there (she was born in 1908 and probably dead by now), it all started around the late ‘60s with LBJ’s “great new Society”, and with California’s “Open Door Policy”.

[@trailwindz7833]

Remember the L A TV show Help Thy Neighbor hosted by Larry Van Nuys?

[@Jeffrey314159]

Have a lot of well to do Californians moved to Portugal? If so, why that country?

[@iamjohnporter67]

California was the state I grew up at where I was born and to see it like this is really sad.

[@Littlepaw7]

Born and raised in the Central Valley when it was a virtual Garden of Eden full of agriculture. So sad to see the Golden State lose its beauty over the years. Looking for other options for a lower cost of living.

[@princessmarlena1359]

I hear you there. It’s not the state with which I grew up, anymore.

[@lmcg....]

I love this California series. So cool. I've been watching all of em. It's def helpful to see what's going on around this state. Right on Nick!

[@1FlyingSolo1]

My uncle lived near Sacramento in Roseville for many years. He told me he was moving bc he was finally fed up with police chasing criminals through his back yard. He sold his house in Roseville and moved to Virginia to a small town with lots of land and none of the problems. He never looked back. Can't say I blame him.

[@tjstraw1]

That's very sad to hear about Roseville. On my way to Thunder Valley Casino from the Bay, I would always stop by there and it seemed like such a nice place.

[@DrSocky]

Roseville is a really good city. I can’t imagine moving because you are “tired of cops chasing people through his back yard”. I used to live there. You have west Roseville with all the wealthy people, and then downtown Roseville with all the working class people, all of whom are very nice.

[@1FlyingSolo1]

@@DrSocky I get the impression from commenters here that Roseville is a nice town. I personally have never visited the Sacramento area. My uncle lived there from the 80s until a few years ago when he moved. I'm not sure if perhaps it was just his neighborhood or how many times this happened.

[@jimp1429]

Yeah Roseville is a beautiful city crime here is virtually non-existent.

[@elwoodblues9613]

I saw an article that says that California has had the most people moving out of any US state . . . in each of the last three years. Disclosure, I'm one of them. And, like nearly all ex-Californians, I'm so relieved to be gone, and don't see myself ever returning unless it's for a family emergency. 2/3 of the population lives within 50 miles of the coast, and 2/3 of them WANT things the way they are. They love the high prices, high crime, ubiquitous homelessness, wasted water, Top Two election system, near-permanent mask-and-vax, and discouragement from speaking your mind if it doesn't agree with the SF Bay Guardian. It's not like a Communist country, because most people in these countries hated it and were not Communists. It's more like 1930s Germany, where a supermajority of the population eagerly supported the Third Reich. As a result, most of the Assembly members and Senators are loony lefties. And yes, their politics are ruining the entire state, including the Central Valley and mountains. Jefferson can't become its own state too soon.

[@petuniasevan]

You are correct about the 1930s Germany comparison. I can't get my relatives to see what is happening. It's like that trope about the frog in the pan of water on the stove. Turn it up slowly, let them get used to it. Normalize it. Say it's just because of those heartless (name political or racial group here) that things aren't better. Coddle street criminals but enact heavy penalties against anyone who questions policy. But... but... the weather is nice (most times)... Signed, a native Californian who got out years ago and am glad I did.

[@yayhoo8848]

I have lived in Sacrament for 35 years, and it used to be super affordable, super nice and clean and safe. Now, it resembles a 3rd world country and is dangerous.

[@birdlynn417]

Homeless have ruined Sacramento. Just drop out of society and expect to be taken care of. Hey, guy, how come for years and years we never saw this kind of homelessness before? Drop outs. They also have chosen to take drugs and are always drinking. So sick of it.

[@darreneverywhere]

Bingo

[@terrifiorelli9819]

Effing progressive elitist who want us all dead!

[@squirrelchaser2651]

I grew up near Shingle Springs and my dad worked in Sacramento. I have so many fond memories there: my friend and I riding her horse to the general store in Rescue, panning for gold in our creek and swimming there, visiting Sutters Fort and Coloma, the Hangtown Parade in Placerville, getting into trouble for being in mines we weren’t supposed to be in, learning to swim at Ponderosa High School, visiting the capital, wandering for miles to go fishing or swimming, finding old mining camps and finding the iron frying pan I still use to this day, and having eye surgery that made it so I could see at the children’s hospital in Sacramento. Big part of my life. I took my kids back there around 2010 and it had changed but was still good. This video makes me so sad to see how it’s changed since then. 😢

[@MTNVIWS]

Born and raised in Placerville, went to ponderosa, visited my mom this past Thanksgiving and it's nothing but houses all the way up. I was happy to see gold harvest market and the area still somewhat not touched. Rescue and the area seem to be okay still. We also got into trouble at goldbug mine and etc. Swimming in Coloma and Sutter. Miss those days. I also remember Cameron Park lake and being care free. 40yrs now, haven't lived in that area since 2004.

[@michaelasay8587]

It's terrible now, homeless all over, expensive!!!

[@hobbswade]

Another great video. You captured what’s going on in Sacramento. One thing in Sacramento hasn’t changed in 30 years; the good neighborhoods might be just a mile or two from the worst. Also, the unofficial Sacramento motto is: “Sacramento, come for the heat, stay for the dust.”

[@elwoodblues9613]

The Big Tomato.

[@ChristiansPrayingTogether]

As a person that was born and raised in Sacramento and lived in midtown Sacto in the 70s, 80s and 90s I just wanted to say you did a great job except you missed some really beautiful locations - all the old churches are quite a marvel, the art museums like the Crocker Art museum and you didn't even touch on Old Sacramento with its river boat rides and old town fun. Also just a walk around state capitol park would've been neat. I'm just saying there's some very old world charm that you missed, however I agree, it's totally gone to hell abd it's really sad to see. Sutter's Fort is basically a homeless camp. Thank you for this vid.

[@NickJohnson]

I'm only one person what do you want Jesus

[@apickle3168]

@@NickJohnson damn bro take a chill pill 😂

[@jokeinsurance2735]

@@NickJohnson You definitely like fear porn.

[@Auntee-Sara]

NOTHING IS LOVELY ANYMORE I'm a white-haired senior and only because I carry on my wheelchair did I prevent myself from being raped in Capitol Park on a sunny afternoon with lots of people enjoying themselves. A family not 30 feet away but of course trees and dense foliage create screens.

[@talithaminnaar77777]

@@NickJohnson I just love your videos. But please Nick, don't use the LORD's precious Name in vain.

[@TimRHillard]

San Diego, oh man. Breaks my heart. San Diego was always a little secrete that only those who lived there knew, it was the best big city in the world. Now? Just another big city in California. It was a conservative hold out, not any more.

[@willie4551]

My grandparents lived there just across McKinley Park, Sacramento, and settled there before the Second World War. It was a clean and very peaceful area to live in. When we first visit 40 years ago the place is so laid back that we just love it. People are friendly and help each other. We keep on visiting them almost every time we have a vacation and drive around and take them to Reno and Lake Tahoe. Now it turned to more crime, and exorbitantly high prices and surrounding towns turned into ghetto-free housing programs by His Majesty Governor Newsom and his Aunt Queen Nancy Pelosi. My grandparents passed on and if they were still alive would be very disappointed now.

[@birdlynn417]

I know, same here, my grandparents lived there and died there the last year for them was 1985. They all would be so heartbroken and mad to see what it has turned into.

[@michaelasay8587]

Willie....if you get this, could you respond. My Mother live at 3984 McKinley Park. Was that near you're grandparents? She wondering if she might have known my Mother. . She passed away in 2015.

[@bobablaw1298]

Bingo. Pelosi Newsom Feinstein Brown Schiff Getty Boxer * Those families have ruined California since around 1990.

[@blakeh6250]

Sold out moved out in 05 saw the writing on the wall..

[@ronnelacido1711]

But Nancy Pelosi was even quoted to say that she was proud of what California had become🤣🤣😁

[@Dumachode133]

I lived in the Sacramento area last 26 yrs. It was an awesome place but because of progressive politics that encourage homeless to come to CA. Current policies allowed an "unhoused person" getting cash aid and food stamp. They automatically qualify. Why change when u get freebies. I can tell you this, the taxpayer base is shrinking and new freebie programs are handling out with no stop in sight. ⁶ I missed the old California where people are driven by their work ethics and the can do attitude. Now the welfare system has created a whole new class and they're on the free bread for generations passing down to their kids and their kids. California has become a toilet that cannot flush its own excrement. So 😔

[@Pogo1977]

I really enjoyed the California trip. Thank you, for sharing with us. It definitely keeps things in perspective about the US.

[@texastedskol]

I was born and raised in Sacto. I joined the military and retired in 2005, Thank God I live in Texas now. I grew up in south Sac, and it really depresses me when I go back and visit. My old neighborhood is like a war zone now. Very sad,

[@markbloxham1750]

I was born in Long Beach raised in Clearlake. I love California but I’m moving out the Dems or destroying the state I mean demons.

[@dbcooper692]

Up here in the foothills just northeast of Sacramento I have no friends, I have always made friends very easily, but up here these people are so far left I can't stand being around them. I left southern CA. because of the crime but these people up here are something else. I met a woman recently who wants to go out with me. I took her out for coffee and right away I knew it would not work. I guess not getting killed by a gang member is better than not having a woman in my life!!

[@Patrick3183]

Elaborate

[@v2plus4]

You have to go past the foothills into the mountains. That's where the conservatives are. But they are very private up there and you're not gonna make too many friends either.

[@hermosafieldsforever4782]

He takes his private helicopter to Tracy Island. He is completely disconnected from reality. When we sell our shop we are definitely moving the F*#! Out of this state.

[@NickJohnson]

Where you going??

[@hermosafieldsforever4782]

@@NickJohnson probably N.C Up in the mountains, my son wants to build a cabin and plant an orchard.

[@jerryh2954]

I'm glad you saying it Nick. We need more people to step up and say something. Enough is enough!

[@TheUlli1964]

Yes ,u need to do something. Unions,better wages, affordable healthy food, healthcare,teaching people to deal with money,not to have loans to credid cards companies,not buying every thing on credit,affordable housing, good schools,free universities, educated people.

[@dat2ra]

I've lived in Midtown Sacramento for 11 years. Qhat you didn't see (so couldn't show) are the hundreds of homeless camps destroying the American River and Parkway (nature preserve). Aside form the over 350,000 lbs of trash we removed from one creek in the Parkway last year alone, over 130 fires were started in the camps. Neighborhoods adjacent to the Parkway avoid the area because of the drugs, crime, and loose vicious dogs. It's a disgrace.

[@NickJohnson]

I tried to get back there but it's too crazy. I showed a little bit of the river.

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123]

Hello Nick, good to see you, Thanks for sharing, from sunny Adelaide, South Australia 🌞

[@chevypreps6417]

I was in Sacramento in 1973. You would not believe the difference compared to today. There were no homeless, the city probably had 80 percent fewer people living there.

[@ChristiansPrayingTogether]

Me too...I was 4 in 1973 but stayed in midtown until 1999 ..I miss what it once was ...

[@rkviztv]

I mean there are more and more humans on the planet now…

[@tristan7216]

More ppl live in Sac because they work in the SF Bay area and can't afford to live there. Housing costs went up as more and more bay area workers with big pockets moved in. When housing costs go up, the most economically marginal people who were already living there become homeless. Drug addicts and mentally ill first, then low wage working poor. Then lower middle class working people start living in vehicles and storage containers. Then you see them in tents and little self built houses in shantytowns. Some people probably start drinking and using because life on the street is hard. This is happening in many Western countries, not just California or the US. I hear "housing crisis" on BBC programs. Population increase faster than home construction and it pushes folks on the bottom onto the street and forces the people just above them to live with unrelated roommates into their 40s. Population in the US, Canada, and England has gone up by 50% over the last 4 decades. None of them has increased housing inventory by 50%.

[@CornOnTheCop]

Mr Nick, your videos are great and your narration is excellent. Thanks for exposing these issues. It amazes me KZbinrs are putting out better and more accurate news than MSM. Rather than the government pumping money into welfare, giving these homeless folks free stuff and free drug paraphernalia, they should be pumping money into programs to enable these people into being productive. How about some trade-schools and education? How about actually holding criminals accountable?

[@Watchoutforsnakez]

The homeless aren’t a trade away from changing their life. They are drug addicted and drunk. Remember when high schools taught cooking, sewing, wood shop, small engine repair etc? Kids were taught how to fix or make things. The homeless problems are really from broken homes and fatherless children. Messed up parents and grandparents. There’s no program to fix the decay of society sine WW1.

[@CornOnTheCop]

@@Watchoutforsnakez This is why possessionnof hard drugs like meth, heroine, cocaine should have jail time with mandatory drug programs and trade skill programs. Of course lack skills is not the main issue here. But things were WAY better when there was consequences. It was not perfect, but there was a LOT less crime and violence.

[@billycaves]

This video was largely comprised of saying “California has problems. Sacramento is in California and has some of those problems. Like homelessness. Look, there are tents here, weird! They need to do better in regards to homeless. Oh, and it costs a lot to live here.” All the while speculating why it is happening using the normal reasons everyone says. Literally none of that is original content, and it’s what every MSM outlet has said for years. Lol. If you want it to be “better than MSM”; solutions need to be presented, a new perspective needs to be given. Not just appealing to your confirmation bias.

[@jokeinsurance2735]

@@CornOnTheCop This is fear porn.

[@ronnelacido1711]

"We will give you folks all the dope and coke, because we are woke" 😁

[@flynnjp19]

I lived in Sacramento from 1989 to 1992, and it was a shithole was back then, but most of the homeless weren't out on the streets yet.

[@rvierra7235]

No offense....but where have you been for the last 20 years? Democrats and their politics and programs have decimated this once great state. California is right in the sheet-hole. Thank Gavin Newsome and EVERY Democrat in this state, politician and citizen.

[@MrJestyler]

Exactly

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

Some parents kick their kids out the door as soon as they turn 18.

[@christopherfriend7402]

To remember the golden age of California just watch a season of The Brady Bunch.

[@7555mac]

i said this years ago, stop paying your property taxes until they clean up your area.

[@heather957]

I really enjoyed the California road trip videos! I'm sad to see them come to an end. Nick, what would you say are your favorite and least favorite places after seeing everything, and what which area were you the most surprised by?

[@NickJohnson]

I liked the desert communities a lot and Monterey. I didn't think San Diego would look like such a dump Heather

[@bobablaw1298]

@@NickJohnson San Diego and Santa Cruz became part of the ocean (close enough) during these heavy rains during these past few days.

[@kimberlincacapit6796]

Thank you for the real unfiltered footage. Keep up the the great work, stay safe and stay frosty when dealing with unpredicteable people. 👏

[@NickJohnson]

Haha ok

[@ellenorbovay5226]

A thousand Thumbs Up! This message needs to get out, Newsom is a DISASTER!!

[@gambit_toys6554]

Thanks for keeping it real Mappi! Much love to your channel

[@NickJohnson]

Mappy says HI!!

[@banditeastlick2471]

This is only what lays at the bottom of what Hollywood and the entertainment industry brings to society

[@angelaarmie5789]

That's a very vague and broad comment. Hollywood and entertainment are not solely responsible for this.

[@tcwhite0104]

and the liberals and democrats.

[@desireedesenna9673]

Or it's called a 3 rd world country. We can thank Ronald Reagan when he was the govt of California. He closed 90% of mental health facilities. Which caused homelessness

[@Anonymous-tl6zu]

I haven't been to a theater in decades nor do I watch TV Because all the 💩💩💩💩 that comes from Hollywood Just complete utter trash

[@jacobschiller4486]

Hollywood and the entertainment industry are on the literal other side of California. How are they relevant at all?

[@kiwi7884]

I moved to Sacramento in 2014. Initially, I liked the city, but then I began to notice that after 2017, the circumstances in the city began to deteriorate. The crime rate and housing prices began to increase. It begins to seem to me that Sacramento is slowly turning into mini-LA with its problems. Maybe instead of sending millions of dollars to Ukraine they should start helping their own people?

[@richardvarian3632]

Thanks!

[@michelelindseth8250]

When l left San Jose back in 2001 it was because renting costs outgrew my wages. But l wept because it was still a beautiful state. Now they could not pay me to come back.

[@yosemite-e2v]

It was just in the news that Adam Rich died at the too young age of 54. This made me think back to watching Eight is Enough as a kid, a show that is now mostly interesting as a historical artifact portraying the Sacramento of the late 1970s as a clean and safe place where middle class families could thrive.

[@IonaCastle]

Loved Mappy's comment about the deodorant! 🤣😂🤣🏆 So TRUE! They lock up the makeup also! SMH. Flippin' thieves ruined it for us. 💩

[@NickJohnson]

Mappy does have smart ideas sometimes!

[@Dearra_S]

The problem isn’t democrat or republican, it’s greed.

[@leml8874]

As a California native, you must have a college degree to earn a livable wage. That’s just how it is here, some places in California even that isn’t enough

[@tamilee9462]

I left San Freancisco in 2003 because it was a shit hole. I then moved to sacramento but it was already a shit hole. We called the walmart Mutant Mart. I'm back on the east coast. I love what yo do Nick!

[@magoo6475]

Newsom hasn't been seen on the street in Sacramento in over 2 years.

[@georgemartin1436]

The politicians care about the homeless people very much! That's why their policies are designed to create MANY MORE homeless people.

[@morningflowerB]

“Earth could sustain many times its current human population and the ecosystem would be fine. We definitely don’t have ‘too many people.’” | Elon Musk

[@jamesp.3951]

The CA governor made it a firing offense for any CA police officer to contact Immigration for even violent criminal illegal aliens who often become part of the homeless problem in California. It almost got the governors uncle killed with a hammer. The man that hit Nancy Pelosi’s ( the governors aunt) husband in the head with a hammer was illegally here from Canada with a criminal record. CA law enforcement was not allowed to contact immigration to deport him once he got out of jail. The chickens came home to roost. For once the people who caused the problem were affected personally by the problem they helped to orchestrate. I doubt that it will change anything however.

[@DeanDewnuffun]

Maybe all the young men of fighting age rushing across the Southern border will build homes for the Americans who voted their way into poverty.

[@comeoncents3288]

Or like Pelosi said, “ who will pick our crops?”

[@desireedesenna9673]

@@comeoncents3288 oh man, you're right. Them Mexicans will only hire Mexicans. Try being another race and get a job where Mexicans mainly work... I've tried and trust me they ain't hiring no one but they're own. And most jobs in California require that one is bilingual Spanish/English. Just saying. Im not hating on them. It's fact's It's annoying when I go into a place of business and the guy behind the counter can't speak English and has to find another English speaker to help. And I'm in the Bay Area'. Not like I'm in a bordering city.

[@WhoBeSilly]

You brought me back home Nick! I'm staying in Virginia though. Good luck, CA.

[@ridemfast7625]

A liberal friend of mine owns an apt building in mid town Sac. I warned him many years ago that homeless and crime will be a problem in Downtown Sac. He of course disagreed. Today, he complains about homeless, his apt's getting broken into, crime, violence... I tell him he is getting what he votes for. Again, he disagrees And yet the problems have gotten worse with democrats in charge. Most people in California never learn...

[@austerejenings6979]

Wait.. Was that a treehouse? 😮 And HOAs won't let you paint a fence.. Dang.

[@alexseekingtheKingdom]

appreciate your channel and insight man, stay hopeful

[@Di-Pi]

You are very talented in many ways Nick, I predict you will garner much fame & fortune. Don’t abandon your honesty & truth-telling EVER! 👍❤️

[@davidstaudohar6733]

🦅🇺🇲🦅 what a crying shame there's 5 million American citizens homeless Coast to Coast because of deregulation outsourcing and corruption and the government,

[@Peedarb]

Thank you for exposing these sadistic hypocrites in high places, and bringing light to the homeless crisis

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

How often does the Governor walk the streets? lol. I have seen him at Starbucks, but walking the streets, in Sacramento? Never happen. But just like you said, Sacramento is far from the worst place to live in CA and downtown is pretty safe.

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

Leftietards have historically never cared much for the plebians. They use them to gain positions of power and wealth. Always remember how Stalin needed to murder his way to the throne room to obtain power. His bizarre hatred of farmers and regular people was reflected in the policies he created. Even Karl Marx himself hang out with the rich (Engles, his best friend). He refused to associate with plebians who lived in filth. Not much has changed over the centuries. Men like Karl Marx have nothing in common with the group they proclaim to care so much about.

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

@@pandemicofvaxxedholes Well, I kinda work in a government entity right now, so I have nothing to add to that. But hopefully things get better sooner rather than later.

[@cameronb3834]

Screw all of the nasty coffee drinkers and their needs and wants

[@jesusavalos4112]

He walks alright, but in his gated community. What they say “rules thee not for me”.

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

@trevorthetherapist4200 Until the obsession with mirroring Europe and Canada is erased from the minds of young people, nothing will change. Look at the scam Bernie created. All the uneducated and indoctrinated college kids ate his lies up like cake. Now Bernie is extremely wealthy and has multiple houses. His world-class healthcare meant he didn't pay a dime for his heart attack!

[@donjulioesparanza8099]

It's NOT a National emergency, it's California's personal problem. Don't involve the normies!!!

[@johnbraun1607]

Texas and Florida and Tennessee don't have these problems

[@revolutionaryprepper4076]

I doubt that many of the politicians walk the streets anywhere in America. Let alone California!

[@robertcortez4582]

Thanks Nick for the work you do. It's impossible to show all the homeless camps in Sacramento. The river parkways, and many hidden places only visible by the obscured pathways where many homeless camps are. I know you can only cover so much. It's 10 times worse. Thanks for the exposure you put on the homeless problem and the political corruption with the Democrats. On the upside...Sacramento has some beautiful parks, golf courses schools, neighborhoods and homes. In addition, there are thousands of homes here that are grand estates worth a million and up.

[@bobhope3716]

I live in Sacramento. It's a dump.

[@lifeongps]

Voters in CA ruined things!

[@outlawedmedia4336]

Most of the taxes they would get comes from middle class. However no more middle class are able to live in the state. So now they only have super rich who are able to avoid paying taxes and the super poor. This is what your democratic politicians are working hard for!

[@NewHaven203]

This California road trip was kinda depressing! So sad to see a beautiful state fall apart! Affordable housing and coming up with a solution to the homeless epidemic is a good way to start. I agree, I would not want to be in charge of this state. Hopefully your next trip home will be better, doubt it though 😂

[@five1five06]

This is the result of multiculturalism and diversity

[@Lurch685]

The tragedy of this is that the majority of the homeless are homeless by choice because they enjoy the lifestyle of partying and getting high. It’s time to face facts: YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. You are not entitled to live anywhere you please. You live where you can afford to. These people need harsh treatment. Not bottomless compassion.

[@Naomi-pd9ps]

this is the real truth if youve ever known an addict you know rehab does NOT WORK!!! it only usually works for people that once had a normal life , worked and maybe got hooked on drugs due to a tragedy, accident, etc

[@camthesaxman3387]

That's not true. Most of them either have mental illnesses, had a falling out with their family and were evicted, couldn't afford rent anymore, or have a drug and alcohol problem. Very few people choose to be homeless.

[@binarybob0010]

I have PTSD from living in CA. I was kept so poor there that the feeling of uselessness follows me years later.

[@margaretbeard6564]

My son can't even drive his car to work. Its too "old" and can't pass emissions test.

[@zannibars8252]

I had the same issue trying to get a 95 jeep to pass smog.

[@bryantsteury8910]

99.9% of the homeless have substance abuse/addiction, mental health issues, or both. CA needs to expand what's called "conservatorship" where you can be dictated where to go, what medications to take etc. Because the hallmark trait of both mental illness and addiction is not being able to reflect on your condition or adequately assess how bad things have gotten. It's the only way they're going to get out of this. South Park did the homeless episode probably 12 years ago and it was a parody at that point, no longer.

[@mayaram2411]

Then governor Ronald Reagan closed down the institutions in California. I'm in favor of bringing them back. SF, Sac, LA, San Diego, San Jose, and all other cities will be better in no time.

[@lorelailaval7676]

What I don't understand (not a complete dummy here) how did we get to this point? The entire West Coast has been hostage to the homeless, and crime, for several years, what went wrong? I have lived paycheck to paycheck forever, but I pay my bills, pay rent, etc etc.... why can't most of these folks do it? I still manage to smoke, and drink, tired of these people wanting free everything and not being responsible for their own choices. No end to it. Thanks Nick:) XO's as always.

[@dannydubs]

Lots and lots of cheap and addictive drugs flowing freely over the boarder happened…

[@user-wu2er4zd1d]

People kept taking drugs and voting for Democrats

[@NickJohnson]

People got lazy and weren't held accountable.

[@laurenreed4290]

Question for the Californians: why y’all keep voting Gavin Newson back into office?

[@ankhpom9296]

Few like Newsom but they see the MAGA Republican as worse.

[@roachezmo]

Both and raised in Sacramento. Moved to Texas in 2012 and I'll never go back. They ruined my home.

[@ron2366]

This is so sad what Democrats have done to California. I lived here all my whole live and was forced to move because the choices California/Sacramento was making. The worst part is people see what's happening to CA and they will be voting for same people.

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

I live in San Francisco, and I don’t know anyone who wants Nepotism Newsom in office. Larry Elder would clean this state up really quickly, but he was labeled the “black face of huwhite supremacy” by the L.A Times. This state sucks. If I could afford to leave, and had work somewhere else, I would bounce. I feel like this state could be AWESOME if we the people get rid of all the RINO’s and Democrats. Peace. 🐰🇺🇸💙🎸🎶🤝✌️

[@vevitier]

I’d like to see how many of these individuals are doing any kind of drinking or non prescribed drugs. The ones who aren’t and can test should really get a secondary safety net. If they are sober and had a freak accident and want to work they should have an outlet.

[@kathrynmauro8673]

I moved to Southern California as a baby. I lived in Southern California for fifty-five years before I moved to Central Texas six years ago. Most of my life was spent in Costa Mesa in Orange County and the last sixteen years was spent in Woodcrest, CA. It was a beautiful place but the left has ruined it. BTW, Folsom has a prison.

[@NickJohnson]

True!

[@threesixnine369six]

Why can’t California or America be a bit more like Canada? Or the Netherlands, Norway, France or other functional places. Of course, nowhere is perfect and one size doesn’t suit all, but there are so many FREE, high income, educated, functional societies out there. Are Americans left or right so stubborn that they simply cannot deviate from their ways? Can American politics left or right not provide anything better? It’s mind boggling honestly.

[@joernone]

It's not the fault of the politicians. Blame the voters.

[@MA_808]

to the young people...the only thing we all used to complain about in California was smog in the big cities...LA, San Jose, Sacramento ..

[@robertchilders8698]

In the early Forty's, smog was a sign of great progress in L.A. !

[@FallacyAsPraxis]

Too bad a really big earthquake won't just rock California, Oregon, and Washington and submerge them in the Pacific. Some things simply cannot be fixed.

[@D1g1tal_H1ppy]

the voters voted for this... we should rejoice in their success!

[@ELXABER]

Every major city in CA ruined it to such an extent I fled after Newsom was voted to be recalled by 80% in 2019, then re-elected after Aunt a Pelosi intervened to win 2020.

[@CortezAutoServiceMobile]

You know politicians in California or DC never do a self assessment of why the state or even the country is in such bad shape. MAGA

[@billmasen3923]

I cannot help but wonder ( not being judgmental either way) but if the US has this homeless nightmare in most places, what effect does the huge numbers of migrants arriving illegally have on the problem.

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

🤔

[@Lurch685]

All of those people have to live somewhere, too. And it’s not like they’re building new ones just for them, so you’re competing with them when you apply for a new place.

[@barbarabarnes7553]

They compound the problems, three, four families in one house, apartment. This allows them to work for less wages putting others out of work!!!

[@GoldenAgeMath]

You'll notice that very few of the people on the streets are immigrants! Where I'm from, the homeless people are all Americans who aren't willing or don't know how to hustle like the immigrants do.

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

Unfiltered population growth = higher cost of living. Higher cost of living = more homelessness. People on the Left only want illegals here because they aren't white.